Philosophy of religion

There is a debate among scholars of Hobbes whether Hobbes was an atheist, or even whether his philosophy was atheist. There are fewer critics today of Hobbes that make the claim he is an atheist and that his philosophy is itself atheist. It should not be understood to be so. We have to remember that though his views opposed most of the standard views of his time, Hobbes affirmed his faith in Christianity. Also, the term “atheist” had a different connotation prior to modernity. This is to say…

things have different types of authoritarian figures. Science, for example, tells us to listen to reason and logic. Meanwhile, religion tells us to listen to a God and our emotions. So, to what extent can we believe what doctors and medical medicine tell us, and to what extent can we believe what a God and the teachings of that God tell us? The relationship between religion and science has been studied by many people, such as philosophers, theologians, scientists and others over a long period…

man is Socrates and his philosophy is based on that wisdom is based on how much a person knows. Since Socrates knew he did not know much, he was very wise according to his daemon because he did not claim to know more than he did. Many people today see Socrates 6as an icon to be cherished forever because of his “wisdom”, but people forget to ask where his moral philosophy comes from. Socratic Piety is the term that shows the influences that Socrates’s God had on moral philosophy and other…

of life became imminent. The expansion and influence of religion or spiritual system created diversity within cultures, lands, and societies. Tribes or primitive groups of people started with spiritual beliefs were the forces and entities of Earth played a big part in people’s lives. Eventually, with the advancement of societies, humans began adapting prominent religious sanctities and factions. As a result, large institutionalized religions started to organize with its believers creating a…

Philosopher. He produced literary work in almost every genre like poetry, play, essays, novels, scientific and historic works in over 21,000 letters and over thousands of books and pamphlets. He spoke freely and boldly for liberties of trade, gender, and religion. He satirically attacked the French and Catholic doctrines of his day in his writings. Hence, got in trouble with French authorities and which resulted in several imprisonment…

medieval civilizations are the medieval Christians and the medieval Muslims. These civilizations are so well known because of the impact that they had on Western civilization. Not only that, but both civilizations have brought about the two largest religions/cultures in the world: Christianity and Islam. Due to the fact that both Christianity and Islam emerged around the same time, it is interesting to see how the two cultures were alike and different in regards to…

these controversies arise from the inconsistency of theological explanations on the nature of religion. Another topic under debates is on the subject on Human nature. In the given paper, I am going to compare Cleanthes’ and Philo’s views on Deity and reflect upon their disagreements on the inductive argumentation, and provide the explanation of deductive reasoning in Descartes’ “Meditations of first philosophy”. The key concept of a worldview promoted by Cleanthes states that God can be…

Monotheism is the belief of just one supreme and all powerful god. Throughout the world there are many religions that have a belief of worshipping only one god such as Baha'i Faith, Caodaiism, Cheondoism, Christianity, Deism, Eckankar, Islam, Judaism, Mandaeism, Rastafari, Shaivism, Seicho no Ie, Shaktism, Sikhism, Tengrism, Tenrissm, Vaishnavism, and Zoroastrianism as well as other ancient religions that are no longer in practiced such as Atenism. Those who only worship one god normally believe…

The Five-Percent Nation is a revisionist movement in America that began in 1964. It borrows the philosophies from the traditional Islam. They are occasionally known as the Nation of G-ds’ and Earths, which resulted from the departure of the Nation of Islam in 1963. Although they are a sole religion, the Five Percent Nation do not consider themselves a religion but merely a religious affiliation followed by Islāmic tradition defined as “culture” or “natural way of life.” The Five-Percenters was…

Aristotle was a synoptic thinker with an over-arching theory that tied together all aspects and fields of philosophy. He elaborates a logic that is designed to describe what exists in the world. Ancient commentators regarded logic as a widely applicable method for careful thinking. They grouped Aristotles six logical treatises into a sort of manual they called…